One Month Later

(Friday Night Smackdown, September 13, 2013)

Jimmy Uso w/ Jey vs Seth Rollins w/ Tori

Tori circles the ring as Seth backs Jimmy into a corner. He stomps Jimmy and tosses him around, a suplex here and a clothsline there.

"Stay on him, Seth! Stay on him!" Tori shouted at ringside.

The crowd booed when Seth slapped Jimmy.

"Shut up! Shut up!" Tori argued with fans at ringside. When she turned back around Jimmy had caught Seth with a spinning kick. Seth rolls out the ring.

"Come on Seth! Get back in there!" Tori shouts.

"Good managing from Tori. Seth is very lucky." JBL says on commentary.

Tori helped Seth get back in the ring. Seth counters a Samoan Drop into a DDT.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Tori claps.

"C'mon Jimmy! Get up!" Jey exclaims. Tori approaches Jey. They start arguing and Tori slaps Jey then struts off.

"Vicious slap from Tori!" Michael Cole exclaims.

"Such a beautiful woman. You could never get a woman like that, Michael!" JBL teases.

"I'm actually married..." Michael retorts.

Jimmy powerslams Seth and goes for the pin. Tori gets on the apron to distract the ref. Jimmy clothslines Seth. When the ref turns around, Jimmy whips Seth and the ref dodges and Tori flies off the apron. Seth grabs the ropes and looks down at Tori, lying beside the barricade.

"Tori, you okay?" He turns around and Jimmy goes for the superkick. Seth ducks and rolls up Jimmy.

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Seth slides out the ring and kneels by Tori. He lifts her and carries her bridal style backstage. Roman and Dean are at the gorilla to greet them.

"Tori are you okay?" Roman asks as Seth takes her to trainers.

"I've had better experiences..."

The trainer had Tori remove her shirt and wrapped her ribs. He checked her head for a concussion and called the male Shield members back into the room.

"She has some bruising on her ribs, no signs of concussion, but she'll be okay competing Sunday."

They escorted Tori to the locker room and she watched the remainder of Raw while they showered. Seth was finished first.

"I'm sorry Tori. I should have been more careful." Seth pulled his shirt over his head

"It's okay Seth.. It wasn't your fault. It was that fucking Uso. I'm sorry. I could have cost you that match and it wouldn't be good to come in Sunday with a loss Friday night."

Seth cupped her jaw. "But we won and that's what really matters."

The Shield were walking toward their rental when a guy in a sheep mask emerged.

"Tick, tock, tick, tock.." He chuckled and backed away. "Run!"

It was silent for a while before Dean spoke up.

"What the fuck was that?"


Seth helped Tori change her clothes and they watched tv. Tori was lying in Seth's lap. Every few minutes he would gingerly run his fingertips across her ribs.

"That wasn't the first time I saw him..." Tori muttered.

"What do you mean, him?" Dean asked from the other couch.

"The guy with the mask. I saw him that night when I caught...I-I saw..."

"And you didn't think it would be a good idea to tell us?" Dean asked, upset.

"It wasn't an opportune time-"

"You could have told us later!"

"It slipped my mind!" Tori exclaimed. Dean kneeled in front of Seth and Tori. He brushed his lips against hers.

"The only reason I'm not fucking you into oblivion right now.." He squeezed her side, causing her to hiss. "Is because of these ribs."


A/N: Should The Shield be concerned now? Does Dean have the right to be upset?